es 5S a i is ES a a ai Ea 3) i os ry oe a = = 5 13) Ss S es Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer™ JR. characters (in order of appearance) sam Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus Donner ‘Me. Donner Young Rudolph Rudolph ‘Bumble The Abominable Snow Monster Boss Ei Hermey Fireball Clarice Coach Comet Carice's Father ‘Yukon Comeltus King Moonracer Charlletn-The-Box Ensemble: Herald Reporter, Chicago Reporter, Dally Mall Reporter, Dally News Reporter, Chroniclor Reporter, Reindeer (Including. Roindeor 1, Reindeer 2, Reindeer 3), Elves (inclucing Elf 2. EM 2, Eif 3, Elf 4, and Aviator EM), Yearings, Misfit Toys viii ‘Raph The Reed ainar™ feSaas (#1L= OVERTURE begins then segues into #2 — WERE FROZEN! as we see and hear the following headline. HERALD REPORTER Cold wave in 12th day! CHICAGO REPORTER ‘We're frozen! DAILY MAIL REPORTER Ice peril warning! DAILY NEWS REPORTER ‘Tough going! Sanitation department digging us out! CHRONICLER REPORTER Foul weather may postpone Christmas! SCENE 1 - CHRISTMASTOWN (#3 = TRANSITION TO CHRISTMASTOWN begins. SAM glides onto stage.) SAM (to the audience) If I live to be a hundred, I'll never be able to forget that big snowstorm a couple of years ago. The weather closed in, and ‘well - you might not believe it ~ but the world almost missed Christmas. ‘ale Tas eaion» nha aio» Hare St i(sam) (looks at the audience) ‘Oh excuse me — call me Sam. (beat) What's the matter? Haven't you seen a talking snowman before? (beat) Nice around here, isn't it? (#4 = SAM UNDERSCORE begins.) (samy ‘We call it Christmastown ~ better known as the North Pole ~ here's our Christmas Tree Forest ~ the place where I grew up. It’s nice place to live, you know. Of course, the number one citizens up here are the Clauses, Santa and Mrs. ~ first castle on, the left. Matter of fact, only castle on the left. Why, here they ‘come now. (GANTA and MRS. CLAUS cross the stage. MRS. CLAUS carries a bowl and a large wooden spoon.) MRS. CLAUS Papal You haven't touched a morsel. I'll have to take this suit in, Eat. SANTA (exiting) Y'm busy Mama, It’s almost Christmas! MRS. CLAUS (exiting after SANTA) Whoever heard of a skinny Santa? Eat! Eat! SAM Now don’t any of you worry about Santa, Mrs. Claus will have him plenty fattened up by Christmas Eve. It’s always the same story. (#5 = A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS begins.) Ruloiph Te ed Nosed ReindeerA HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS {Christmaston comes tif with pope ding Crises "cropping presen paying este) ) Ah Ilove this Cvstmasey tme of year -everyon ig forward to that magical nigatwhen Santaand Ri -sindeer make thee special Hight. Wakes me want ta sng? Gently gq Easy 2-beat 3 — ——S 65 == SSS) hol-Iy jolly Christ-mas, its the best time of , SSS 1 don't know if there'll be snow, — but SSS Bisa have a cup. of cheer Have a hol-ly jolly — os - ee Chvist-mas, and when you walk down the street Snr hel-1o to friends you know and ev ty-one you nkotinot~ Boadway nM» Aor Sotei =F ip ee meet, Oh ho, the. mus = tle - toe waits for you, kiss her once for ‘holly jolly Christ-mas, and in case you did-n't [Sass eas, Oh by gol ly have a hol ly jl - ty 9 4 ‘Ruiph The Rea Noeed Renaeree Wolly jol =, Oh Have 9 Prin pepe hhol-ly jolly Christemas and in case you did-n't ae Pei Oh by golly, have a a t + folly Christ = mas * Daina > Belore Sat(#6 = HOLLY JOLLY (PLAYOFF) begins.) SAM ‘Ah, yes, like I said ~I love this time of year - especially when ‘things are running happy and smooth like itis this season. Nothing like that year of the big snowstorm. [ con't know ‘what we would have done without Rudolph to pull us through. Anyway... (looks at audience) What? Could it be that some of you are not acquainted with ‘the story of Rudolph? Well - pull up an ice block and lend an ‘ear. You know how Santa uses these flying reindeer to pull his sleigh? (#7 RUDOLPH INTRO begins.) RUDOLPH INTRO (sam Freely ‘You know Dash-er and Dan = cer and —) Sy Paver md Woe Comat and Capi re Mee S a = oe Ss | Down en tm Ba doyeu eel em fa mous rein - deer of all? 6 ‘Ru Te Restos Rind(samy 't all started a couple of years before the big snow. It was springtime. And Santa’s lead reindeer, Donner, had just become 4 proud papa. (DONNER and MRS. DONNER enter.) DONNER Well — we'll cll him Rudolph. MRS. DONNER, Nudolph is a lovely name. Rudolph. (YOUNG RUDOLPH nuns onto the stage into his parents’ arms.) DONNER fe knows his name already. YOUNG RUDOLPH pa, Ma-ma, (YOUNG RUDOLPH’s nose glows. Each time it glows there is ar. accompanying sound effect.) MRS. DONNER He’ — he’s gota shiny nose! DONNER Shiny? I'd even say it glows! : MRS. DONNER Well ~ we'll simply have to overlook it. DONNER low can you overtook that? His beak blinks like a blinkin’ beacon! (SANTA enters.) SANTA Mo ho hol Well, Donner, where’s the new member of the family? After al, if he’s going to be on my team someday, he'd better get to know me. Ho ho ho! Well hi there! Aren’t you the \unly little fella! Ho ho ho! Ienatinal ° ay ner» Aer SerpeYOUNG RUDOLPH San ~ ta? SANTA ‘Smart too! (YOUNG RUDOLPH’s nose glows.) (SANTA) Great bouncing icebergs! DONNER Now, I'm sure it'l stop as soon as he grows up, Santa. SANTA Wall, let's hope so, if he wants to make the sleigh team. someday. You see, little fellow, every year I shine up my jingle bells for eight lucky reindeer. (#8 JINGLE, IINGLE, JINGLE begins.) JINGLE, JINGLE, JINGLE (SANTA ples of af wl of te Cree) Freely (SANTA ia Jin - le, jin gle, jin = gle, you will (SANTA rings his bel ‘REINDEER appears.) hear my sleigh bells ring. Istigh bets} 8 Ron re Pda ids(SANTA rings his bel Another REINDEER appears.) Jingle, jin~ gle, ein -deer, through the frost- y air they SSS ‘They are not just plain deer, they're the (SANTA rings his bells) SSS Ho! Hol You SEBrighter == ‘must believe that on Christ-mas Eve, 1 won't pass. you by. TM dash a - way in my mag - ic sleigh ring. Tem old Kris Kringle, Tm the king of jing -a -' (The other REINDEER YOUNG RUDOLPH: (spoken) enter tojoin the song.) JING-GLE! JING GLE! oy 74 Sleytr 9 Py —— = fing FO Pa ied den aSSS jingle, you will hear those sleigh-helis He is old Krio Kring -le, He's the (am) im) king of jing a - ling! You must be - lieve that on SANTA: Christ-mas Eve, He won't pass you by. o OF aap EG o J== dash a-way in my mag ic sleigh, ying through the. SANTA, Fly ing through the... Fly-ing through the sky! ph vematonat~ rosoway nai - At’ SoneoO 4 REINDEER: & a8 6 =e) heat those sleigh bel sing, He is old Kes q@eINDEERD p. ——_— ——— $et=cecbsern=acennes = ingle, 5 Yes! 1am old Kris Kringle, ALL: He is old Kris Kringle, he's the king of a am) (im Jing = a for dreams to come true, = o a> way.rain - bow has an end, and youll —>e there, my mor = row fs mut farsa CLARICE’S FATHER aris! CLARICE Papa. CLARICE’S FATHER ‘You get back to your cave this instant. CLARICE But... CLARICE’S FATHER ‘This instant, young lady! CLARICE Yes sir (CLARICE exits.) 28 Te Roos RoaCLARICE’S FATHER Now there is one thing I want to make very plain. No doe of, mine is going to be seen with a red-nosed reindeer! (CLARICE’S FATHER and RUDOLPH exit in opposite directions.) ‘SCENE 5 - INTERIOR OF SANTA‘S CASTLE SAM Abhh... the troubles of youth. (#2.= WE ARE SANTA’S ELVES UNDERSCORE. begins) (sam) Meanwhile, the elves are bustling with activity. Christmas is over ~ but they still keep busy with lessons and - elf improvement. BOSS ELF AlLout for elf practice! SANTA Well, let’s get this over with. BOSS ELF Okay, Santa— (to ELVES) ‘—now let’s try out the new elf song I wrote ~ and remember — it's for Santa! And a one, two, three... (#22 - WE ARE SANTA’S ELVES begins.) WE ARE SANTA’S ELVES Easy 2-beat ELVES ELVES 2 GRour1) (GROUP 2) Ho, ho, hot Ho, ho, ho! ‘ise Toate inmaional» Broadway hnior » Actors Sept& oie Wo are Santa's elves. fill - ing San -ta’s shelves each girl and boy. Oh, we are Sen piesa We work hard all day. ‘but our work is play. ALL: == Dolls we try out, see if they cry out, We are San - to's SS $s 3 We've a special job each year We dont like to brag. Chnst-mas Eve, weal-ways til Santa's bag. San - ta knows who's good, ‘And we bet you he won't for-get you. (The ELVES dance) 6: We are San = tas elves. op (ALLY a oor ores f —— We've a special job each year. We damit like to rag. Christemas Eve, we al-ways fill San tas‘good. Do the things you should, “And we hot you he wont for-get you, We are Sante We are San - tas elves. Ho, ho! SANTA Hmmm... well, it needs work. I have to go. (SANTA exits.) mrs. CLAUS ‘What does Papa know. It’s beautiful. You keep it just the way It was. Papa... Pa (MRS, CLAUS exits) BOSS ELF ‘That sounded terrible! The tenor section was weak, AN ELF ‘Wasn't our fault boss. Hermey didn’t show up. BOSS ELF What?! (HERMEY enters carrying a doll and a dental tool.) 32 ea Tm Rat Ne io!HERMEY Now, this won’t hurt a bit... Boss ELF Why weren't you at elf practice?! HERMEY Just fixin! these dolls’ teeth. BOSS ELF now listen - we have dolls that cry, talk, wak, ink, and tun a temperature ~ we don't need any chewin’ dolls! HERMEY, | T just thought I found a way to ~ to~ fit in. BOSS ELF You'll never fit in. Now you come to elf practice and learn how to wiggle your ears and chuckle warmly and go “hee hee" and “ho ho” and important stuf like that! A dentist... good grief! (BOSS ELF exits in a huff. HERMEY looks at the other ELVES who are practicing wiggling their ears and siggling.) HERMEY No =I just can’t, It's like he said ~ I'l never fit in (heads to the door to leave) | guess ~ I guess I'm on my own now. (#23 = SCENE CHANGE begins.) (HERMEY exits Santa's castle.) SCENE 6 - AN ICY PASS (Outside of Christmastown) (HERMEY enters to find RUDOLPH sitting alone near a snowbank,) (HERMEY) Oh ~is this your snow bank? RUDOLPH No. Who are you? HERMEY Well, actually ~1am a dentist. Tico nceratiorl = Broavay ne» AGF SokRUDOLPH A dent-tist? HERMEY Well, I want to be - someday. Right now, I’m just an elf. 1 don’t need anybody. I'm independent. RUDOLPH Yeah? Me too ~ I'm - whatever you said ~ in-dee-pen-dant, HERMEY Hey ~ what do you say we both be independent together? Huh? RUDOLPH You wouldn't mind my red nose? HERMEY Not if you don’t mind me being a dentist. RUDOLPH Ws a deal! (#24 = WE'RE A COUPLE OF MISEITS begins.) WE'RE A COUPLE OF MISFITS Lilting Bright March pupoLPH, 2 HERMEY: We're a couple of mis - fits Sa Wete a couple of mis fite. Whate the mat-ter withWe're not daf-fy or dil - ly. Dont go ‘round wil-ly if. Front from th rest of what real = ly best? mis fits. Whats the matter with mis ~ fte?op gg oO Ym an a-dor-a- ble rein - deer HERMEY: eo Why don't 1 fit in? 2p ae! Why am Isucha mis fi? pe san not just it wit, They cant fire me, ay ss SS _ a soot ce) wenn ot65 JSS Who de-cides the test of what is real-ly best? (SS Wie a couple of misfits. Wee a cou-sle of SS = wis fis, What's the nat ter with mis - fits? Pati sp = voi Thats where we ft in SAM ‘Now these two didn’t have any idea about what they were letting therrselves in for... the world looked a lot more ‘complicated and dangerous than when they were snug and ‘warm at home... (#25 - ABOMINABLE ROARS begins.) HERMEY “The Abominable! He must see your nose! Quick ~ douse the light! (RUDOLPH and HERMEY hide in a snowbank. We hear the ABOMINABLE SNOW MONSTER roar as his head ‘and hand appear, and then slowly disappear. After he is ‘gone, YUKON CORNELIUS enters with his dog sled.) YUKON ‘Mush! Muuuuuush!(Once he enters, YUKON strikes his pick in the stiow near RUDOLPH and HERMEY, takes it out and tastes it.) (YUKON) Nothing! (notices RUDOLPH and HERMEY) Waaaahoooo! What's this? (YUKON pulls HERMEY and RUDOLPH fiom behind the ‘snowbark.) Hey! Ya get frostbite that a-way! RUDOLPH Who - who are you? YUKON ho am 1? The name's Yukon Camelius. The greatest frospector in [Link]! And this is my land. And you know Fis uch with gold! Goaoald! Gold and silver! Stiver and gold! {VUKON strikes his pick inthe snow, takes it out and tastes it) Nothin’. Well, 'm off t-get my life-sustainin’ supplies Commeal an’ ham hocks an’ guitar stings! (#26 = THE BUMBLE STRIKES AGAIN begins.) (YUKON) Gadzooks! The Bumble strikes again! Whoopecee! (We see the ABOMINABLE SNOW MONSTER’s hand.) RUDOLPH It’s my nose! It keeps giving us away! YUKON if there's anything | hate, it's a noisy Bumble! We'll have to ‘outwit the fiend with superior intelligencel RUDOLPH Howl? YUKON Douse your nose ~ and run like crazy! RUDOLPH But — we're trapped! There's no way out! It’s my nose! It's ruined us! YUKON “The Bumble has one weakness, 38 Rudoh The Reaose Rane(YUKON looks around and notices a patch of ice on the water.) (yukon) Come on over here. Get onto this ice with me. (HERMEY and RUDOLPH join YUKON. YUKON chops at the ice. The ice breaks off, and they begin to float away.) Come on! Do it yourself icebergs! Har ~ har! Naazaah! Naa Can't catch us! (#27 - DO IT YOURSELE ICEBERGS! begins.) (YUKON) Observe! The Bumble sinks! His one weakness! Water! (We see the ABOMINABLE SNOW MONSTER’ hands ‘and arms flail, and then we hear a splashing noise.) Yukon Cornelius scores again! Whoopee! RUDOLPH Uh — mister ~ where are we going? YUKON You're gonna stay with me. And we'll all be rich. With the biggest silver strike this side of Hudson Bay! Silver. HERMEY 1 thought you wanted gold! YUKON I changed my mind. But silver or gold, that’s just the first step, my curly-toed compadre. HERMEY First step to what? YUKON Fame and fortune, as the old song goes. RUDOLPH Fame and fortune? What's that? YUKON Well, buckaroo, it’s anything you want... whatever itis that's waiting for you out there in that great frozen beyond! RUDOLPH But I don't know what's waiting for me! Or what I want!